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Cain who was (Κάΐ́ν ἧν)
Who is not in the Greek. The construction is irregular. Lit., as Rev., not as Cain was of the evil one.
Slew (ἔσφαξεν)
The verb occurs only in John, and only here outside of Revelation. Originally, to slay by cutting the throat; so in Homer, of cattle:
“the suitor train who slay (σφάζουσι)
His flocks and slow-paced beeves with crooked horns.”
“Odyssey,” i., 92.
To slaughter victims for sacrifice:
“Backward they turned the necks of the fat beeves,
And cut their throats (ἕσφαζαν), and flayed the carcasses.”
“Iliad,” i., 459.
Thence, generally, to slay or kill.
Wherefore (χάριν τίνος)
Lit., on account of what. Χάριν for the sake of, on account of, is elsewhere placed after the genitive. See Eph 3:1, Eph 3:14; 1Ti 5:14; Gal 3:19.